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The current Model Railroader article on Sierra RR covers a line that used 'em. The Jamestown-Angels CAmp branch originally used a two truck shay and a two truck Heisler for all freight and passenger traffic. The famous shorty coach and combine were built for this line. Later, the Angels Branch was powered by a pair of Baldwin 2-6-2's. Back east, Pennsylvania's Lewisburg & Buffalo Valley [really just a glorified logging road with some local freight and passenger traffic...] ran a mixed train on their 3 foot gauge line with a Climax. The Climax was geared for faster top speeds, and a later owner of the machine had to run it through the shop to regear it for more typical low speed Climax-type work. BTW 440, a Shay can really roll down hill if she's put in neutral. I suspect some roads required just that to save wear and tear on the gears.
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